Apparel – Body garments
Patent
1998-07-07
2000-02-29
Calvert, John J.
Apparel
Body garments
2 71, A41B 112, A41D 112
Patent
active
060292741
ABSTRACT:
A protective garment without front facing seams. The protective garment contains a body piece composed of a single seamless sheet of material. The body piece has a right body side and a left body side. Each body side includes a first and second leg edge, a torso edge and a top body side edge extending approximately half-way across each body side from the respective torso edge. The body piece also includes a right sleeve portion and a left sleeve portion. Each sleeve portion has a first and second sleeve edge, and a top sleeve portion edge. Generally speaking, the garment's construction includes approximately five seams and a closure. The closure joins the torso edge of right body side to the torso edge of the left body side to form a resealable opening at a rear face of the garment. Sleeve seams join the first sleeve edges to the second sleeve edges on each sleeve portion and inseams join the first leg edges to the second leg edges on each body side. A back seam joins the top sleeve portion edge of the right sleeve portion at approximately the top body side edge of the right body side and the top sleeve portion edge of the left sleeve portion at approximately the top body side edge of the left body side. The back seam is located at the rear face of the garment. Also disclosed is a method of making a protective garment without front facing seams.
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Gray Vivian
Poppe Jay Amedee
Welchel Debra Nell
Wright Alan Edward
Calvert John J.
Jenkins Shirra L
Kimberly--Clark Worldwide, Inc.
Sidor Karl V.
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